HOUSE FIRE: Chief fire officer Tom Capeling, of Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue
A FIRE sparked by an oven has wrecked the kitchen of a home in a village near Sunderland.
Fire crews from the Houghton le Spring and North Moor attended the blaze at a semi-detached property in Gregory Terrace, Fence Houses at 4.15pm today.
A Tyne and Wear Fire Service spokesman said firefighters tackled the fire by removing the oven from the property.
He said the property's kitchen had 100 per cent smoke damage after the blaze.
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